Like most on this thread have already said, of course the potential exists that this turns into a great contract. Will it? I doubt so.
But that question in and of itself makes this a bad signing. They are signing hope, and not substance. That hope could turn into substance, but again, who knows. A non-overly physical young d-man with less that 80 games under his belt? Verrrry risky to sign him long term to big money. Petry was surely the safer choice.
Meanwhile, BT on the other hand has paid big money for big time, proven players. Is there ANY (reasonable) doubt that the Brodie, Hamilton & Gio deals will turn out to be bad deals for the Flames? Of course a guy could take a tail spin into oblivion (Redden, Wade), but all the signs point to big time players with fair deals for both player and club.
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